Everything We Know About Kenny Chesney’s New Album, ‘Here and Now’

Attention No Shoes Nation: Kenny Chesney has a brand-new album coming your way! The superstar is set to release his next project, Here and Now, on Friday (May 1).

Chesney has been working on Here and Now throughout the past year and a half, and a majority of the material for the project was inspired by the singer's travels. A press release about the project explains that Chesney started noticing how different people are around the world, yet how entirely similar they can be; of course, Chesney also likes to keep things light and fun, so the project will be a delicate balance between his observations and a carefree listening experience.

“You know, it’s going to have a high fun factor,” Chesney explains in the release. “People work hard, and need music that makes them smile, that kicks them into a happy place. There are also songs here that look at very specific people, that tell one person’s story, but it could be any of us. That’s the mark of a good song: let one person’s specific life say so much about a lot of people’s lives.

"And one of the things I really wanted [for Here and Now] was to bring a lot of my favorite writers together," he adds, "not to do ‘writing camp,’ but just hang out and talk, remember when it was the stories and laughs that sparked songs, not sitting down to churn out something to cut."

Here's what we know about Here and Now.

The Title

Chesney's newest album is named Here and Now.

The Release Date

Here and Now will be released on May 1, giving fans plenty of new material going into the summer months.

The Record Label

The Producer

Chesney is co-producing Here and Now with Buddy Cannon. The two previously worked together on Songs for the Saints.

The Album Cover

Warner Music Nashville

The Here and Now album cover features Chesney on a beach. He's staring off into the beyond, a beachside town just barely visible behind him.

The Single

Chesney released "Here and Now" on Feb. 21. The song, Chesney says, "kind of blew my mind" when he first heard it.

“The chorus is everything I feel about my time on stage with No Shoes Nation ... the rush of it absolutely being the best place, best moment in the entire world. There’s no rush like it," he explains. “But what really got me was the way the song puts everybody on notice. It says everything about how we all put off living our lives because there’s so much other stuff to do. Only thing is, that’s exactly how you miss everything that matters!